<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Colleagues</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-x14z9mp gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1lziwak gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0.5em;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">You are invited to join us for International Open Access Week 2026, taking place from 19β22 October 2026.</div></div><div class="gmail-x14z9mp gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1lziwak gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0.5em;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">This yearβs theme is:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"> βThe Cost of Knowledge: Who Owns, Pays for, and Benefits from Knowledge? Rethinking Scholarly Publishing in the Age of AI.β</div></div><div class="gmail-x14z9mp gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1lziwak gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0.5em;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Join a series of insightful hybrid, online, and in-person discussions hosted by the University of Pretoria, University of South Africa, and Tshwane University of Technology, leading up to the main event hosted by SMU on 22 October 2026.</div></div><div class="gmail-x14z9mp gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1lziwak gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0.5em;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-html-span gmail-xexx8yu gmail-xyri2b gmail-x18d9i69 gmail-x1c1uobl gmail-x1hl2dhg gmail-x16tdsg8 gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-x3nfvp2 gmail-x1j61x8r gmail-x1fcty0u gmail-xdj266r gmail-xat24cr gmail-xm2jcoa gmail-x1mpyi22 gmail-xxymvpz gmail-xlup9mm gmail-x1kky2od" style="text-align:inherit;display:inline-flex;vertical-align:middle;padding-bottom:0px;width:16px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;height:16px;font-family:inherit"><img height="16" width="16" class="gmail-xz74otr gmail-x15mokao gmail-x1ga7v0g gmail-x16uus16 gmail-xbiv7yw" alt="ποΈ" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5c/1/16/1f5d3.png" style="border: 0px; 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